Bad Guy Danielle Susan Ruger

Retroactive abortion for these two teenage abominations seems fitting to me.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

Retroactive abortion for these two teenage abominations seems fitting to me.

I predict a coached spin soon.

Right about now, there's a lot of pressure on the perps and their families. Mom and Dad are likely getting a lot of flak and questions, and while the perps may hang with the 'no ethics' crowd, they are right about now finding out how many young people their age treat critters with kindness and respect and they are likely subject to intense (and warranted) criticism from many around them.

Maybe the parents have lawyered them up by now, but they really only have two ways out:
They can show that somehow something happened where they weren't responsible (accidental ingestion of mind altering stuff, throwing parents under bus saying they had abused childhood).

Or they can be coached into a tearful apology, saying how sorry they were and that they realize it was wrong and will never happen again (all lies, but depending on how much cash the parents have and their political connections, well, you know how that goes.)

The spin. Watch for it.

So wait these gals were involved in the hobby and are keepers themselves? I know what they did, but I have not seen/read anything that says they were involved in the pet trade.

Hate to be the wet blanket, but assuming that we are talking about two young females, there will likely be a slap on the wrist, if that. Personally, I do not want them in jail, they need a few months at a ranch working with large animals...a few months of going to bed exhausted and bruised up (and not in the good way ). Before you know it they will never think of doing it again and they may have more of an appreciation for animals after they see what just domestic animals provide us with.

They need to be purified with fire all day

This is a horrible and disgusting act. The girls and parents should be fully prosecuted, and given no "breaks". No matter if the tortoises are rare or common, or any animal for that matter cruelty should not be accepted or condoned in our society. I am really interested to see what comes out of this, and can only hope that this vile act prevents future abuse of animals.

I hope this haunts them for the rest of their days....

Bill Griffin

I highly doubt the parents of these 2 had any thing to do with teaching them how to torture animals. Get 2 dumb asses together and dumb things can happen. One of the kids father talked to news reporter

The father of one of the girls spoke to News4Jax Wednesday night about the video. The father, who did not want to be identified, said he didnt raise his daughter to do something like this, and he said he was outraged by the acts against the small tortoise. Theyre very remorseful for what they did, he said. Theyre gonna go through the court system and get it all figured out, OK. Whatever the court system hands down, thats what theyre gonna do. The teens father said his family received death threats because of the video the girls posted on Facebook. Thats sick to do what they did, he said. I didnt see it. I didnt see it on TV, and I dont care. I was there when they found the turtle. I was there when wildlife (came to the house and) talked for an hour. And they know that theres gonna be a court date coming up, and its all going to be handled. The father claims that his daughter will be punished and that hes trying to handle the fallout of whats now happening to his family. Theyre gonna catch the wrath of what happened, he said. The courts gonna handle it. I dont think all these damn threats that Im getting on Facebook and all that, Im not getting 'em. Theres no more Facebook in this house. Theres no more smartphones.

http://www.fox17.com/news/features/a...l#.U8rMvrE4d2w

How is this a relevant BOI subject?

Originally Posted by bwt501

How is this a relevant BOI subject?

Originally Posted by Lucille

I absolutely would not sell this person any kind of critter whatsoever.

The BOI is a business forum, for transactions. Most of the time the transactions concern us financially, but sometimes the transactions, buying and selling, concern the safety of the critters. That is relevant. Unless, of course, you are in it solely for money and don't care who you give or sell critters to.

Do you really think that this individual would ever be a potential buyer? This topic was covered in the news section where it belongs.